How do I move iTunes from a dead computer?
My iTunes currently resides on a dead computer (hard drive failure). How do I move iTunes to my laptop PC (Vista) without losing all of my music/videos (on iPod) or apps (iPhone)?
My iTunes currently resides on a dead computer (hard drive failure). How do I move iTunes to my laptop PC (Vista) without losing all of my music/videos (on iPod) or apps (iPhone)?
Don't think you can get anything from your Dead computer.
Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the same music on your new PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
As for you own music/videos, you may have to use a third party software. A good Free one is called Sharepod which you can download from Download.com here:
http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2
skip080944 wrote:
How do I move iTunes to my laptop PC (Vista) without losing all of my music/videos (on iPod) or apps (iPhone)?
You cannot. The hard drive died on it (as you stated).
Use the latest backup of your laptop to copy the entire /My Music//iTunes/ folder to the new computer.
I guess I didn't make my explanation clear enough. Currently my iTunes resides on a dead PC (desktop). I want to move iTunes to my laptop. There is no backup on the old desktop PC. I am concerned that I will lose all of my music on my iPod as well as the apps on my iPhone when I try to sync to iTunes once I have moved it to the laptop.
How do I move iTunes from a dead computer?